So, what are you working on right now?

[datiswous]

Sorry if my post sounded harsh. I think I should've said it looks amazing, apart from the timing. But good to hear you are working on it still.

Edited September 2, 2025 by datiswous

[Bikerdude]

2 hours ago, datiswous said:

Why is it that the thunder flashes on the ground happen later? Doesn't look good. If that get's fixed I think it's a pretty nice scene.

The way Amadeus has it atm is correct - 

"Lightning occurs due to static electricity building up in clouds, often causing rain to fall soon after. The sound of thunder is created when the intense heat from lightning causes the surrounding air to expand rapidly, creating shock waves."

[kin]

14 hours ago, Bikerdude said:

And test of welli's static water - 
 

 

I am speechless.

[datiswous]

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Edited September 3, 2025 by datiswous
Whatever, I don't want to drag this on.

[chakkman]

21 hours ago, Bikerdude said:

And test of welli's static water - 
 

 

Looking nice, although the wave generation could be more random. 

[Bikerdude]

On 9/3/2025 at 11:01 AM, chakkman said:

Looking nice, although the wave generation could be more random. 

Outside of my current skill set, all the waves are animation.

[chakkman]

No worries, I think it's looking great anyway. Just matters when you take a seat and watch the waves.  

[grodenglaive]

On 12/29/2024 at 6:27 PM, nbohr1more said:

This is a topic about using the ambient cubemap:

I think the instinct to suggest ambient cubemap lighting is because your church has unreadable geometry due to the flat ambient lighting and same texture all over it.

Other than ambient cubemaps, you can ( in order of least to most difficult

1) Enable SSAO and increase your SSAO radius ( r_ssao_radius 128 , etc)

2) Place dim lights around the church to emphasize contours ( this is typically called "bounce lights" and you use the ai_see 0 entity arg to prevent the light from impacting the lightgem )

3) Simulate AO via grime decals

4) Re-texture parts of the church with textures that are similar but have different shades to simulate some directional lighting

5) Export the church to Blender and bake lighting to a texture in Blender then export the baked lighting as a model with a blend filter decal material to overlay the church

6) Use the "Strombine" lighting technique:

http://lunaran.com/maps/quake4/strombine/

 

In an effort to create better shadows to the church exterior I tried option 5 (baked lighting from Blender). I imported the resulting model into the game and overlaid it on real church:

 

(blender model above, lightmap texture below).
The effect is barely visible in game though. Am I doing the material shader correctly? 

material textures/darkmod/map_specific/narthex_lightmap
{
	qer_editorimage textures/NarthexDiffuse
	DECAL_MACRO
	noShadows
	nonsolid
	noimpact
	translucent

	{       
    blend	filter
	blend	diffuseMap
	map	textures/NarthexDiffuse
	}
}

Edited September 19, 2025 by grodenglaive

[Arcturus]

2 hours ago, grodenglaive said:

 

Image lacks contrast. You could try to normalize it

You can also try adding RGB keyword, eg. rgb 0.3 to darken or rgb 1.5 to brighten.

[grodenglaive]

Dziękuję

[Arcturus]

11 hours ago, grodenglaive said:

Dziękuję

No need to. Let us know if it worked.

[grodenglaive]

21 hours ago, Arcturus said:

Image lacks contrast. You could try to normalize it

You can also try adding RGB keyword, eg. rgb 0.3 to darken or rgb 1.5 to brighten.

Thanks, that helped. I use AffinityPhoto, which doesn't have normalize, but I tried to approximate that using the curves and contrast functions. The shadows are definitely more noticeable now

I found rgb keyword was a handy way to adjust the overall brightness, although it didn't help with the contrast.

[ERH+]

Inventory item for interaction with electric circuits. Shoots alternately two electrodes, connecting live wires.

I will have to add crosshair gui for better aiming.

Also it can be modified to act as a tripwire trap.

Edited October 22, 2025 by ERH+

[Arcturus]

Reminds me of this mechanic from the cancelled Half-Life 2 expansion.

 

[datiswous]

8 hours ago, ERH+ said:

Inventory item for interaction with electric circuits. Shoots alternately two electrodes, connecting live wires.

I will have to add crosshair gui for better aiming.

Also it can be modified to act as a tripwire trap.

Super cool!

[Jnon]

I realize I've never posted in this thread in spite of already making two FMs, so I guess I'll correct that oversight now.

After finishing my last FM, I got straight to work on a new one trying to incorporate the lessons learned. It's planned to be the first of a 3 (maybe 4?) part series, initially set in the Pagan Quarter/Plague Ward and then moving beyond it all the way up to the wealthier Old Quarter.

"Threepenny Revue" was a simple one-building mission, and "The Last Night on Crookshank Lane" was a freeroam city streets affair. This new mission, tentatively titled "A Trip to the Museum", will be a more of a linear, narrative one (but still keeping the Immersive Sim element for the mission locations themselves). I'm also taking this opportunity to try my hand at using Conversations, and maybe the use of cameras to do in-engine cutscenes. Once I get to that stage, I'd like to try soliciting voice actors if possible.

A couple of screenshots of areas in progress included here: 

[datiswous]

Prey-like portal in TDM. It's not perfect. As you see there's still a wobble when teleporting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buB29Qvv0c8

I used Dragofer's mass teleport script (although there's only you teleporting) and an x-ray screen.

Edited October 30, 2025 by datiswous

[ERH+]

Shroud - a mechanical tomb for someone malfigured by disease or injuries, often a dead-inside person - can be hacked. The procedure then switches to navigating inside of machine circuits with a probe, uncovering depths of both mind and body.

The probe's mechanics can be used for controlling a familiar pet (rat, bat, owl, fly, cockroach) or a small automaton, and traversing vents, pipes - too small for human to fit inside.

Edited October 25, 2025 by ERH+

[datiswous]

Very cool!

[STRUNK]

22 hours ago, datiswous said:

As you see there's still a wobble when teleporting.

Maybe "hide" it with a flashing light effect, or a flash of darkness or something.

[datiswous]

Maybe. Or a dancing panda in the background as distraction (I can use your ghost screen for that).

I don't want it to look like anything is happening during teleportation though. I can still try some other things.

[JackFarmer]

The Abbey of Saint Adrian on Blackstone Island. One of the most holy crusaders of the Builders. There wasn't much background information about him in “Initiation.” In the remake, however, there will detailed accounts of his glorious campaigns...and his miserable end on the battlefield!

[Cambridge Spy]

8 hours ago, JackFarmer said:

The Abbey of Saint Adrian on Blackstone Island. One of the most holy crusaders of the Builders. There wasn't much background information about him in “Initiation.” In the remake, however, there will detailed accounts of his glorious campaigns...and his miserable end on the battlefield!

So how much have you done so far with the remake?

[ERH+]

  Display of additional senses: smell, touch, other sensations - even sixth sense. Green - nice. Blue - neutral. Yellow - irritating. Red - disgusting. Grey = touch. Distance: probably - sometimes - constant - touching (direction - ahead). Underwater you can taste submerged sources.

I hope the font is big enough.

Some say good horror uses all senses - this should help a bit.

[datiswous]

Is this part of a new mission. or assets?